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The origin of the Spring Festival and why fireworks should be set off during the Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, all kinds of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival will be held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, worship ancestors and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong regional characteristics, which embodies the cultural essence of Chinese civilization.
Fireworks are set off because, according to legend, a long time ago, there was a monster named "Xi", which would come out at the end of each year to hurt people. Even the Kitchen God, who protects the people, can't do anything, so the Kitchen God invited a prodigy named Nian, who has boundless magic and destroyed the beast with red silk and bamboo poles crackling in the fire. This day happened to be the last day of the twelfth lunar month, and people thanked him.
People hope that every household has red silk and firecrackers, so the red silk and bamboo poles burned in the fire gradually evolved into red couplets and firecrackers that every household has in the New Year. This legend about the year can be said to be clear and orderly.
Fireworks, also known as fireworks, fireworks and firecrackers, were invented earlier by working people in China and are often used in grand ceremonies or performances. However, the only activity that can set off fireworks on the same day in modern China and even the world is New Year's Eve.
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